ACC All Access: Boise State is latest marquee team from the West added to Virginia's future football slate

By Norm Wood

Though Virginia had already added some heavy hitters from the West to its future football schedules, it added another significant western program to the slate Monday with the announcement of a home-and-home two-game series against Boise State.

U.Va. will play Sept. 26, 2015 in Charlottesville against Boise State. The teams will meet again Sept. 23, 2017 in Boise, Idaho. U.Va. and Boise State have never played each other, but the Cavaliers did play on the Broncos’ home field in Dec. 2004, when U.Va. lost to Fresno State 37-34 in the MPC Computers Bowl in Bronco Stadium.

“We’re excited to announce this series with a program that has been exceptional over the last decade,” U.Va. executive associate athletic director Jon Oliver said in a release from the athletic department. “They’ve done it with great coaching, solid recruiting and a fearless approach to competition. We are trying to do the same thing and this will be an incredible challenge for us as we continue to build our program. The 2015 and 2017 seasons could end up being two of the toughest schedules in the history of our football program and we hope they will excite and energize our fans, student-athletes and recruits.”

In addition to the Boise State games, U.Va. has series’ scheduled with Brigham Young (Aug. 31 this year in Charlottesville and Sept. 20, 2014 in Provo, Utah), Oregon (Sept. 7 this year in Charlottesville and Sept. 10, 2016 in Eugene, Ore.), UCLA (2014 in Charlottesville and ’15 in Pasadena, Calif.) and Stanford (Sept. 9, 2017 in Charlottesville and Sept. 8, 2018 in Stanford, Calif.).